• A
cover version of the song was performed on
The Muppet Show once: in Episode 89 (or season 4, episode 17), the episode that also had
Mark Hamill,
C-3PO,
R2-D2 and
Chewbacca from
Star Wars as guests, a
shepherd, his
sheep and his girl perform the song. •
Rocky Sharpe and the Replays covered the song in 1979. •
Barry Mann co-wrote a song called "
Who Put the Bomp (in the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)" in 1961, in which he sings about his girl falling in love with him after listening to some
doo-wop style songs with their recognizable nonsense
lyrics. In the song he asks the question, who put the ram in the 'Rama-Lama-Ding-Dong'. • The vocable “rama lama lama ka dinga da dinga dong”, derived from the title of The Edsels biggest hit ‘Rama Lama Ding Dong’, is heard in the
Grease song, "We Go Together". • "Rama Lama Ding Dong" is heard in the film
Children of a Lesser God, and is used by the character James Leeds (
William Hurt) to teach his class of hearing-impaired teenagers. • "Rama Lama Ding Dong" is played in many German ice rinks when the local team scores, as well as by
Bundesliga side
VfL Wolfsburg. •
Le Tigre's song "Deceptacon" featured the lyrics
"Who took the ram from the ramalamadingdong?" • The song featured in the title sequence of an episode of
Love/Hate • "Rama Lama Ding Dong" is parodied as "La canción de la vieja l'visillo" by Spanish comedian
José Mota in one episode of his TV show. ==References==